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Your AI Coding Agent Is LYING When It Says "Done"
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An AI agent can change few files, run few tests, and say ‘done’ while the repository is still broken. A Task Completion Protocol in AGENTS.md defines what ‘done’ actually means.
Two AI Prompts That Fixed My Git History
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Commit messages become write-only noise exactly when you need them most. These two small AI prompts turn staged diffs into useful commits, then turn those commits into a better pull request.
Agent Diagnostics Mode — A Structured Technique for Iterative Prompt Tuning
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A structured diagnostic loop for prompt tuning inside the working context. Learn how to pivot AI agents from doing to reporting for better reasoning analysis.
Pragmatic Layered Architecture: Beyond Clean Architecture Dogma
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Most backend architectures optimize for theoretical purity while ignoring real constraints. Learn how pragmatic layered architecture delivers 90% of Clean Architecture’s benefits with 10% of the ceremony—principles that work across any language or framework.